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When time is of the essence, things need to be done quickly. For a side that recovered so well from a 540-run deficit, India should have really pressed the advantage given to them by Virender Sehwag. But that was not to be.

The South Africans, under no real pressure, finished the fourth day of the first Test at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here at 131 for one in reply to India’s 627. Neil McKenzie was unbeaten on 59 while Hashim Amla was on 35.

Rahul Dravid got a hundred, and more. He also became the sixth in cricket history and the third Indian to cross 10,000 runs. But while that looks great for the records, his progress on Saturday couldn’t really be termed as being in tune with the team ambition, or at least, what team ambition should have been.

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Virender Sehwag fell well short of Brian Lara’s world record score as South Africa fought back on the fourth day of the first Test in India.

Sehwag resumed on 309, having already compiled the fastest triple century in Test history, and immediately added the single he needed to surpass the highest score made for India, beating his own record set against Pakistan in Multan four years ago.

But the right-hander did not last much longer, edging a full Makhaya Ntini delivery to Neil McKenzie at slip in the sixth over of the day to depart for 319, the 15th highest score in Test history.

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Steyn and McKenzie cap South Africa’s day

South Africa 540 and 131 for 1 (McKenzie 59*) lead India 627 (Sehwag 319, Dravid 111, Steyn 4-103) by 44 runs

There was a 25th century and 10,000 Test runs for Rahul Dravid and a large crowd to celebrate, but little else went India’s way at Chepauk as a rejuvenated South African side dominated the fourth day’s play. Makhaya Ntini, given a pasting by Virender Sehwag on Friday, led the revival with a vastly improved spell and Dale Steyn’s pace then proved far too much for the tail to handle as the Indian lead was restricted to just 87. Faced with a potentially tricky session of batting, South Africa responded with aplomb, finishing the day 44 ahead with nine wickets in hand.

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Sehwag plunders fastest triple ever

India 468 for 1 (Sehwag 309*, Jaffer 73, Dravid 65*) trail South Africa 540 by 72 runs

A breathtaking triple-century from Virender Sehwag, by far the fastest in terms of balls faced (278), was the centrepiece as India utterly dominated proceedings on the third day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Sehwag scored 257 runs in the day, finishing it on 309, the same score he made at Multan back in 2004. The fusillade of strokes produced 108 runs between lunch and tea, and he shared in two double-hundred stands for the first two wickets, another record.

After Wasim Jaffer had contributed 73 to an opening stand of 213, Rahul Dravid turned the strike over cleverly as the bowling was ground into the Chennai dust. By stumps, the partnership was worth 255, and Sehwag’s heroics had opened up the possibility of a result on the final day. Though South Africa finished five overs short of the 90 that they were supposed to bowl in the day, India still managed a staggering 386 runs.

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When we first saw Virender Sehwag, he was a teenager, with curly hair and a very innocent outlook of the world. Things have changed. The curls have vanished, Sehwag has grown taller, though not much, has picked up weight, some say too much, and has a much more cynical expression on his face.

One thing has not changed though – he still swings the bat like a bludgeon.

Time teaches people to be wiser, more careful, and even to be a bit afraid. Sehwag has learnt all that, and adapted whatever suited him. What he cannot learn is to be circumspect as a batsman.

This has resulted in a lot of criticism, especially last year, when there was a definite chance that he would be out of the team for a long time. His fitness was being questioned, and not without reason, since he seemed to have lost whatever little agility he had. With the bat too, his careless abandon had transformed into callousness, with a touch of defiance.

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The spectators who were at the MA Chidambaram Stadium have witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime innings. Sehwag’s awesome triple-century, 309 off 292 balls, has changed the course of this match dramatically. India have scored 386 runs today off 85 overs and are only 72 runs behind South Africa. It’s fair to say that only one team can win this match from here and that is India. The pace at which Sehwag has scored his runs has kept this Test alive. If India can bat on tomorrow and gain a lead of around 200 shortly after tea (and it is possible if Sehwag bats on) the pressure will fully be on South Africa on a fifth day pitch. And there’s the world record of Lara’s 400 as well.

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A stirring double-century, at better than a run a ball, from Virender Sehwag was the centerpiece of an emphatic Indian response to South Africa’s mammoth total. By tea on the third day, Sehwag had made more than two-third of India’s runs, with 287 being added to the overnight total of 82 at well over four an over. The first-wicket partnership ended at 213, with Wasim Jaffer contributing a dogged 73, but that was merely the signal for Sehwag to unleash a fusillade of strokes before the intervals. South Africa’s five bowlers toiled away with no reward on an unforgiving pitch and by tea, a couple of them were looking a little shell-shocked.

The extent to which Sehwag altered South Africa’s gameplan was quite obvious after lunch, with even Dale Steyn bowling without a slip in place. He did get some late swing, but nothing that could be construed as threatening and the bulk of the work went to Paul Harris, who finally switched to a round-the-wicket line to snare Jaffer. Jaffer’s had been the perfect anchor role, and when he flirted at one outside off stump that actually turned a little, Jacques Kallis took a fine catch low at slip.

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India 82/0 (21.0 ov) at stumps of Day 2

India trail by 458 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
India RR 3.90
Last 10 ovs 35/0 RR 3.50

Current partnership  82 runs, 21.0 overs, RR: 3.90 (Jaffer 25, Sehwag 52)

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